History of Litchfield county, Connecticut, Part 52

Author: J.W. Lewis & Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1532

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Abram G. Kellogg, Caleb P. Newman, Francis T Brown, Mason Atkins, Daniel Bellows, George Bellows. Jr., Henry Bradley, Frederick W. Daniels, Edward E. Day, Charles O. Dennen, Robert Dempsey, Fer- nando Gale, Westley Gale, Dennis Glyun, Charles Harris, Samuel B. llorne, George L. Leonard, James McCanley, Charles C. Potter, Charles Presber, Henry Roberts, William H. Strong, Juel G. Thorpe, Charles Vogel, IIubert A. Warner, and Heury Williams.

Two other squads of recruits having been now en- rolled in New Hartford and Canton, together with six individuals from Norfolk, two from Barkhamsted, and one each from Colebrook, Salisbury, Woodbury, and

Harwinton, they were all united with the Winchester squad as Company B of the Second Infantry, under Abram G. Kellogg, of Winchester, as captain, and Charles W. Morse and Charles Warren, of New Hart- ford and Canton, as lieutenants.

The spirit of enlistment had hardly been aroused when Company B was transferred to New Haven. Simultaneous with its departure, the enrollment of another company was called for and opened, and was filled with the elite of the young men of the town in a single week. The company was organized as Rifle Company E, Second Connecticut Infantry, with the following rank and file from Winchester :

Caplain, Sherman T. Cooke ; first lieutenant, Wheelock T. Batcbeller; aec- oud lieutenant, Charles E. Palmer; first sergeant, Jeffrey Skinner ; sergeants, James N. Coe, Charles L. Hosford, Lucien B. Wheelock ; corporals, George L. Andrewa, Alanson D. Bunnell, Edward Didsbury, Jacob T. Brown; musician, Ilicks Seaman (?); privates, Antoine Albert, Hyppolite Bluet, Albert M. Beach, Edwin Beach, Ira C. Bailey, Decins C. Bancroft, Gustave Bernhardt, James M. Burton, Victor Clau- det, Chauncey D. Cleveland, Daniel S. Coe, David W. Coe, William S. Cooper, Samuel A. Cooper, William Couch, Chauncey S. Crittenden, Jolın M. Dennan, James Dennan, Edgar V. Doughty, Burton B. Evitts, Philip D. Fisk, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Salmon A. Granger, Leon- ard S. Harris, William F. Hatch, Jr., Nelson Hodges, William S. Holabird, Benjamin F. Hosford, George Hoskin, Orson Howard, James N. Latham, Frank B. Marsh, Lorenzo Martin, Alexander Mc- Guire, Milton T. Moore, Augustus Nevins, Leander Packard, George W. Pendleton, Charles II. Pond, Frederick II. Presber, James Price, Hiram C. Roberts, William E. Suediker, Orlo S. Smith, Charles II. Stewart, Platper S. Sweet, George M. Van Oustrom, Herbert L. Veber, Arthur Wadsworth, Joseph Watson, Thomas Welch, John P. Wilbur, Marcus J. Whitehead, John Wheeler, and James G. Wood- ruff.

Company E, on its departure for New Haven on the 25th of April, received an ovation in all respects similar to, but on a larger scale than, that given to Company B on the 21st. It was emphatically a town company, while Company B was a contribution of three towns. More than half of them were mechanies, about one-fourth were farmers, and the remainder, in about equal proportions, were clerks and laborers. Germany had six representatives, Ireland three, and England one. With the exception of Private James M. Burton, who died of diphtheria at New Haven hospital on the day after mustering in, not a death occurred in the company during its term of service.

A large portion of the officers and soldiers of these companies, from time to time, re-enlisted into other regiments, and were largely promoted to higher grades. Among them were the following :

George L. Andrews, corporal, Co. E, 2d Inf., to sergeant, Co. F, 28th Conn. Inf.

Mason Adkina, private, Co. B, 2d Inf., to first sergeant, Co. E, 2d IIeavy Art.

Antoine Albert, private, Co. E, 2d Inf., to private and veteran, Co. G, 12th Iuf.

Wheelock T. Batcheller, first lieutenant, Co. E, 2d Inf., to major, 28th Inf. Jacob T. Brown, corporal, Co. E, 2d Inf., to corporal, Co. B, 12th Inf .; killed at Cedar Creek.

Francis T. Brown, sergeant, Co. B, 2d Inf., to captain, Co. E, Ilth Inf. Daniel Bellows, private, Co. B, zu Inf., to corporal and veteran, Co. E, 7th Inf.

George Bellows, Jr., private, Co. B, 2d Inf., to private and veteran, Co. E, 7th Inf .; mortally wounded at Hampton, Va.

James N. Coe, sergeant, Co. E, 2d Inf., to first lieutenant, Co. I, and cap- tain, Co. II, 2d IIeavy Art.

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Daniel S. Coe, private, Co. E, 2d Inf., to second lieutenant, Co. E. 7th Inf. David W. Coe, private, Co. E, 2d Inf., and detailed clerk to Gen. Tyler and Maj .- Gen. Keyes, U.S.A .; enl. ou U. S. frigate "Sabine," and served as executive officer's clerk.

William S. Cooper, private, Co. E, 2d Inf., to corporal, Co. E, 2d Heavy Art.

Frederick W. Daniels, private, Co. E, 2d Inf., to sergeant, Co. E, 2d Heavy Art. ; killed at Cold Harbor, Va.

Robert Dempsey, private, Co. B, 2d Inf., to first lieutenant, Co. E, 7th Inf .; killed at Olustee, Fla.

Salmon A. Granger, private, Co. E, 2d Inf., to first lieutenant, Co. E, 2d Heavy Art.

Charles E. losford, sergeant, Co. E, 2d Inf., to captain, Co. D, 11th Inf. Benjamin S. Hosford, private, Co. E, 2d Inf., to captain, Co. D, 2d Heavy Art .; killed at Cedar Creek.

George Hoskins, private, Co. E, 2d Inf., to private, Co. F, 28th Inf.

Orson Howard, private, Co. E, 2d Iuf., to captain, 9th N. Y. Heavy Art .; killed nt Petersburg, Va.

Samuel B. Horne, private, Co. B, 2d Infantry, to sergeant, lieutenant, and captain, Co. F, 11th Inf.

George L. Leonard, private, Co. E, 2d Inf., to private, Co. E, 2d lleavy Art. Benjamin F. Marsh, private, Co. E, 2d Inf., to corporal, Co. F, 28th Inf .; lost an arm at Port Hudson.

Milton T. Moore, private, Co. E, 2d Iof., to sergeant, Co. F, 28th Inf.

Culeb P. Newman, first sergeant, Co. C, 2d Inf., to first lieutenant, Co. F, 28th Inf.

Frederick O. Peck, private, Co. D, 2d Inf., to private, 22d Mass. Inf .; twice wounded at Gaines' Mill, Va.

Charles E. Palmer, second lieutenant, Co. E, 2d Inf., to captain, Co. E, 7th Inf .; died at Hilton Head, S. C.

Leander Packard, private, Co. E, 2d Inf., to private, Co. E, 11th Inf.

Lirum C. Roberts, private, Co. E, 2d Inf., to sergeant, Co. E, 11th Inf .; killed at Sharpsburg, Md.

Ilenry L. Roberts, private, Co. B, 2d Inf., to sergennt, Co F, 28th Inf. Jeffrey Skinner, first sergeant, Co. E, 2d Inf., to captain, Co. E, 2d Ileavy Art .; pro. to major and lieutenant-colonel, same regiment.

Orlo S. Smith, private, Co. E, 2d Juf., to first lieutenant, Co. I, 2d Heavy Art.

Lucien B. Wheclock, sergeant, Co. E, 2d Inf., to captain, Co. F, 28th Inf. Marcus J. Whitehend, private, Co. E, 2d Infantry, to private, Co. E, 2d lleavy Art.

Juhu Wheeler, private Co. E, 2d Infantry, to sergeant Co. F, first and second lieut. Co. G, 2d Ileavy Art.

The first regiment of cavalry was originally a bat- talion consisting of four companies, recruited in the fall of 1861, and about a year after was increased to a full regiment of twelve companies. The following Winchester men are found on its rolls :

Company A, Frank Parkant and Geo. L. Leonard; Company D, Wm. C. Wakefiel); Company E, James G. Ferris and Nelson Proper; Com- pany F, Michael Finn and John Gloster; Company K, Burton B. Bench ; Company M, Johu Rose.

Cuassigned substitutes,-Wm. Chancey, Michael Culalinn, James Flynn, James If. Gannon, Hugh Gray, Wm. Garson, Charles Hull, John Harris, Charles Earne, Richard Mooney, John Schmidt, Julius Thorne, Thoums Daley, Peter Dunn, James Taylor, aml Augustus Weiss.

Of these, Julius Thorne alone died in the service.

The Fifth Regimeut Infantry was organized in June, 1861, and went into service July 29 following; fought at Winchester, Cedar Mountain, and Chancellorsville, Va .; Gettysburg, Pa .; Resaca, Dallas, Marietta, Beach Tree Creek, and Atlanta, Ga. ; Chesterfield Court-House, S. C. ; and Silver Run, N. C .; and was mustered out with distinguished honor July 19, 1865. On the rolls of this regiment we find the following names of Winchester men :

Ilarlan P'. Rugg, corporal In Co. I; wounded at Cedar Mountain ; pro. lo captain ; minst. out July 19, 1865.

Robert Arnold, killed at Cedar Mountain, Aug. 9, 1862.

Joseph Hermiandy, must. out July 19, 1865.

William Murray, disch. Feb. 23, 1865.

Robert St. Clair, must. out July 19, 1865.

During the month of September, 1861, a quota of sixteen Winchester men and about twenty men from other towns in the county of Litchfield were recruited under the anspices of Second Lieut. Charles C. Palmer, late of Company E, and on the 7th of Sep- tember, 1861, were mustered into Company E, Seventh Infantry, commanded successively by Col. Alfred H. Terry and Col. Joseph R. Hawley. Of this company Lieut. Palmer was appointed captain, and Robert Dempsey, late private of Company B, second lieu- tenant.

The Winchester men in this regiment were as fol- lows :

Captain, Charles E. Palmer ; first lieutenant, Robert Dempsey ; second lieutenant, Daniel S. Coe; corporals, Daniel Bellows and John G. Rowley ; privates, George E. Andrews, John Biederman, Albert Bur- dick, George W. Daniels, Charles Gilbert, Charles L. Hewitt, Sterling D. Milliman, James A. Pease, Patrick Quigley, Heury II. Rowley, James Tencellent, all of Company E.

Captain Palmer, au unassuming young man of delicate training, de- veloped in his first enmpaign the highest soldierly qualities by strict and cheerful performance of duty, and kind attention to the wants and con- forts of his men. But it was not until ho came into command of Com- pany E that his endurance and bravery were fully tested. In the siege and capture of Fort Pulaski ho commanded Battery Lincoln ; and in the report of the bloody battle of Secessionville ho was highly complimented for bravery nud coolness. Soon after this hard-fought but unsuccessful battle ho died from exposure and exhaustion. From Colonel Terry's let- ter to his parents, now berenved of their lust child, wo quote ns follows:

" At the time of the action on James Island ho was so Ill that, under ordinary circumstances, ho would not have been in command of his com- pany ; but prompted by the devotton to duty which always distinguished hilmi, ho led his company to the field, and gave to It and the rogimont a splendid example of courage and firmness under most trying circum- stances. The noble juulty and uprightness of his nature and his emi. nently soldierly qualities had endeared him to us all, and had led us to look forward to n brilliant futuro for him ; and we mourn his loss, not only as ours aml yours, but ns a loss to the country which he served so faithfully."

In answer to a letter to Gen. Hawley from Palmer Post inviting him to the decoration ceremonies at Winsted, dated May 11, 1872, he writes as follows :

"The name of your post awakens my recollections of that noble sol- dier and man, Capt. J'aimer. Never shall I forget that it was his ex- tromo fidelity to duty that cost him his Ife. He ought to have gone to the hospital, but would not leave tho fiehl. Well I remember his coun- tenanco ns I walked by the stretcher that carrled hlin dying on board the steamer."

Lirut. Dempsey was wonudol In the shoulder June 1, 1862; returned home on furlough while disabled ; rejoined] bis regiment in the full, aul was killil nt Olustev, Flu., Feb. 21. 1564.

Private Charles Gilbert, noted on the nmster-rolls as from Canton, hud hils home reeldenco In Winchester, where he was born and raised. Conscientions as well As patriotic motives Induced him to oulist. Ills brothers linel fumilles, and he was single, and he felt It his duty to represent them In the survice. He was a most worthy man and a good solller ; was wounded In the head and Ing at Secessionville, S. C., taken prisoner on the field, and carried to Charleston, where he died of his wommels in the hospital, July 9, 1862, aged twenty- ulno. He was a sun of Samuel D. Gilbert, deceased, lato of Win- chester.

Privato Georgo Bellows served in Company B, Second Infantry, and after honorable discharge at the end of the torm, enlisted In Company E, Seventh Infantry, Sept. 7, 1861; reenlisted a veteran, Dec. 22, 1864, and died of wounds rocelved at Hampton, Va., Oct. 28, 1864. Ilo wus son of George Bellows, Sr., of Wluchester, and died unmarried.

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Private Albert Burdick, Company E, died of fever at Beaufort, S. C., July 29, 1862.

Private John Biederman, re-enlisted a veteran Dec. 22, 1863, and was killed Oct. 13, 1864.

All the other members of this company were hon- orably discharged or mustered out at the end of their terms.

In the Eighth Regiment, recruited at Camp Buck- ingham, Hartford, which fought at Newbern, N. C., Fort Macon, N. C., Antietam, Md., Fredericksburg, Fort Huger, Walthall Junction, Fort Darling, Peters- burg, and Fort Harrison, Va., we find the names of two Winchester men,-Mathew Whifler, private, Company A, and John C. Cooley, corporal, Company C, re-enlisted veteran,-both mustered out at the end of their terms.

In the Ninth (Irish) Regiment we find the name of Chaplain Daniel Mullen, at the time of his appoint- ment pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Win- sted, a young man of literary culture and earnest patriotism, who served at Baton Rouge and Chacka- loo Station, La., and Deep Bottom, Va. He was com- pelled by ill health to resign on the 26th of Angust, 1862. He was succeeded as chaplain by Father Leo da Saracena, O.S.F., the present pastor of St. Joseph's Church, and President of St. Francis' Literary and Theological Seminary.

It is not to be inferred, from finding no other names of Winchester Irishmen on the rolls of this regiment, that the foreign citizens were wanting in patriotism, for the names of Winchester men in other regiments abundantly show that in proportion to our population Irishmen, Germans, and Englishmen are amply rep- resented.

On the roll of the Tenth Regiment the only name of a Winchester man is that of Col. Ira W. Pettibone, who was commissioned as major; served in the bat- tles of Roanoke Island and Newbern, N. C., and was successively promoted to lieutenant-colonel and col- onel. The climate of North Carolina debilitated him to such a degree that he was compelled to resign, and he was honorably discharged in November, 1862.

The Twelfth Regiment of Volunteer Infantry was recruited at Camp Lyon, Hartford, under command of Col. Henry C. Deming; was attached to Butler's division, and sailed from New York for Ship Island, Mississippi Sound, Feb. 24, 1862. It followed the naval armament, under Farragut, up the Mississippi, and witnessed the bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip; followed the armament up to New Orleans, where it landed and garrisoned the city on its forced surrender, Col. Deming assuming the office of provisional mayor. It was encamped for a time at Baton Rouge, and was afterwards engaged in active service in Louisiana. It bore a conspicuous part in the siege of Port Hudson, after which it returned to New Orleans, and in July, 1864, embarked for For- tress Monroe, and in August following joined Sheri- dan's army in the Shenandoah Valley, and partici-

pated in the battles of Opequan, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek, after which, it having been reduced to a skeleton by losses in battle and by disease, and by expiration of the term of service of a large portion of its men, it was reorganized under Lieut .- Col. Lewis, and continued to serve in Virginia until its muster out in August, 1865.

Only six Winchester men belonged to this regiment, as follows :

Dr. John B. Welch, second assistant surgeon, who died of scarlatina, on shipboard, at Ship Island, Feb. 13, 1862.

Dr. John R. Cumming, appointed second assistant surgeon in place of Assist. Surg. Welch, was promoted to surgeon, and was mustered out at Savannalı, Ga., Ang. 12, 1865.

Private Solomon R. Ilinsdale, Co. A, appointed quartermaster-sergeant ; promoted tu second lieutenant; resigned Ang. 9, 1862, ou his ap- pointment as assistant-paymaster in the navy, after which he served ou the Mississippi flotilla above Vicksburg, until prostrated by fever, and compelled to resign by impaired health.

Sergt. Jacob T. Brown, Co. C, killed at Fisher's Hill, Va., Sept. 19, 1864. While giving water from his canteen to a wounded lieutenant of an Jowa regiment, on the battle-field, he was shot in the abdomen by a rebel sharpshooter, and died three bours after. He was a model of physical manhood ; a kind-hearted, unassuming mau, and a consist- ent member of the Methodist Church, esteemed by lis comrades as a conscientious Christian soldier.

Private George W. Eggleston, Co. C, enlisted March 2, 1864, and was mustered out at Savannah, Ang. 12, 1865.

Private Wn. II. Pool, Co. C, enlisted Feb. 24, 1864; discharged at New Ilaven, April 29, 1865,

Private John W. Vaughn, Co. C, enlisted Feb. 24, 1864 ; mastered ont at Savannah, Ga., Aug. 12, 1865.

Second Lieut. John W. Hurlbut, of Co. G, resigned June 6, 1862.

A squad of ten Winchester men composed a part of the rank and file of Company D, Eleventh Regiment Infantry, consisting of

Charles L. Hlosford, first lieutenant; Levi L. Dayton, corporal ; privates, Frauk S. Pense, Lewis Dayton, Edward S. Fleming, Charles Hull, George Kinney, Daniel Lotherington, William H. Slack, and Albert M. Tuttle.

Another squad of twelve men composed a part of Company E of the same regiment, consisting of

Francis T. Brown, first sergeant; Samuel B. Horne and Hiram C. Rob- erts, sergeants ; William T. Page, Jr., and John K. Twiss, corporals ; privates, George Allen, William E. Cogswell, James Dadley, Erastus Eggleston and Rofus Eggleston (twins), Andrew M. Hurlbnt, Le- ander Packard.

The following Winchester men of this regiment were killed or died in the service :

Private Lewis Dayton, Co. D; killed at Sharpsburg (Antietam), Md.

Private Wmn. II. Slack, Co. D; died of wounds (loss of an arm) received at Newbern, March 22, 1862.

Private Albert M. Tuttle, Cu. D; killed at Cold Harbor, Va., June 5, 1864.

Serg. Hiram C. Roberts, killed at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862.

Curp. William T. Page, Jr., wounded at Antietam, Sept. 17; disch. for disability Oct. 25, 1862.

Corp. John K. Twiss, Co. E; wounded and taken prisoner at Drury's Bloff: died of wounds at Richmond, May, 1864.

Private Wm. F. Cogswell, Co. E; killed at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862.

The promotions of Winchester men in this regi- ment were as follows :

Sergt. Francis T. Brown, Co. E, to captain.

Sergt. Samuel B. Horne, Co. E, to captain.

Lieut. Charles L. Hosford tu captain, and in command as senior officer of the regiment at the termination of the battle of Antietam.

" PARK COTTAGE." RESIDENCE OF GEORGE W. PHELPS, WINSTED CONN.

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On the rolls of the Thirteenth Regiment, organized at New Haven, Nov. 25, 1861, which participated in the engagements of Georgia Landing, Irish Bend, Port Hudson, Cane River, and Mansara, in Louisiana, and Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek, in Virginia, the names of four Winchester men are found, viz .:

Second Assist. Surg. Lucius W. Clark.

George Losaw, private, Co. D; re-enl. veteran; trans. to Co. B; must. out April 25, 1866.

Charles Daniels, private, Co. F ; pro. to second lieutenant; res. Jaa. 8, 1864.

Edward Skinner, private, Co. G; re-enl. veterao; trans. to Co. D; must. out April 25, IS66.

On the rolls of the Sixteenth Regiment is the name of Elliot Flemming, of Winchester, a private in Com- pany G, killed at Antietam, Sept. 16, 1862.

The Nineteenth Infantry Regiment, afterwards re- organized as Second Regiment Heavy Artillery, was raised and organized as one of the five county regi- ments under the call of Lincoln, on the 1st of July, 1862, for three hundred thousand men .*

The names of Winchester men in this company originally enlisted, amounting to sixty-two, are as fol- lows :

Captain, Jeffrey Skinner ; first lieutenant, Benjamin F. Hosford ; eccoad lieutenant, Chester D. Cleveland (of Winsted Society) ; sergeants' Orlow J. Smith, Salmon A. Granger, George White, Heory Skinner, Wm. S. Couper, Stephen W. Sage, Mason Adkins, Frederick W. Daniela, Charles A. Reynolds; musicians, Wilson B. White, Myron Ferris; wagoner, Alfred G. Bliss ; privates, Jenies R. Baldwin, Ed- ward Reach, Patrick T. Birmingham, Almeron Buonell, Edward F. Carrington, Philip D. Carroll, Frederick M. Cook, Alfred Coming, Robert A. Cutler, Henry A. Dayton, Adam I. N. Dilley, Edwin Downe, Lewis Downs, Bernard W. Doyle, Birdsey Gibbs, George N. Gibbs, James A. Green, Manwaring Green, William Hull, Luther W. Hart, Timothy A. Hart, Willard Hart, Geo. W. Hurlbut, William S. Hurlbut, William R. Hubbard, Asa Humiston, Alonzo J. Hull, Henry C. Keat, Walter Martin, Horman P. Moore, Heary Overton, Joseph Pettit, Charles Henry Pine, Jerome Preston, Theodore Robbiaa, Ed- mund 13. Sage, William Seymour, Lucius S. Skinner, John Smith, Prosper W. Smith, Philip Stabell, Darwin S. Starks, John MI. Teeter, Hubert A. Warner, Marcus A. Whitehead, Warren M. Wood, Julius Woodford, Wallace M. Woodruff.

To these were added, by subsequent enlistment, the following Winchester men who died in the service, or were honorably discharged or mustered out :

Ernest A. Baancy, Robert J. Balcroft, Sminuel U. Brew, Henry Clarke, Wells Clark, Benjamin G. Carman, David Durand, Jared P. Evarts, Mathew Fitzgerald, Patrick Keegan, Jacob Le Roy, Jullus Rogers, Hoary J. Reynolds, William H. Rowe, Edward Itugg, Edward E. Rowe, Philip Shelley, Henry Van Duesen, William Warner, Erastua Woodworth, Henry Wenzell.

The killed and mortally wounded were as follows :

At Colil Harbor : Col. Elisha S. Kellogg, Sergt. Frederick W. Daniels, Musician Myron Ferris, Privatce Jamee It. Baldwin, t Alfred Conins,

Lewis Downs, Birdsey Gibbs, James A. Green, Willard Hart, Alonzo J. Hull, Henry C. Kent, Walter Martin, John M. Teeter, Jared P. Everts,-14 of Co. E; to these add Albert M. Tuttle, Co. D, Eleventh Regiment,-15.

At Cedar Creek : Capt. Beojamio F. Hosford, whose remains were brought home for interment.

The following members of the regiment were wounded, but not mortally, in the service :

At Cold Harbor : Privates Edward Beach, Philip D. Carrol, William Sey- mour, Marcus A. Whitehead, Ernest Busney, Samuel N. Brew, Jacob Le Roy, Julius Woodford, Henry Wenzell.

At Cedar Creek : Maj. Jeffrey Skiquer, Corp. Wm. S. Cooper.

The following-named men (privates) died in the service :

Manwaring Green, Oct. 17, 1864, by railroad accident. George W. Ilurlbut, at Fort Worth, Va., March 27, 1863. William S. Hurlbut, at regimental hospital, Oct. 25, 1863.

William R. Hubbard, at regimental hospital, Aug. 4, 1864. Jerome Preston, at regimental hospital, Oct. 24, 1863.

Darwin S. Starks, at regimental hospital, Aug. 23, 1863.

Mathew Fitzgerald, prisoner of war at Salisbury, N. C., Jan. 6, 1865. Julius Rogers, at regimental hospital, Sept. 21, 1864. Edward E. Rowe, at Warren Station, Va., March 27, 1865. Julius Woodford, at regimental hospital, Jao. 30, 1865.

The heroic Col. Elisha S. Kellogg, who commanded the regiment at Cold Harbor, and there fell at the head of his men, though a resident of Derby on en- tering the service, subsequently removed his family to the society of Winsted, and his remains lie buried in the South Cemetery under an appropriate monu- ment.

The final contribution of Winchester men for the service was made to the Twenty-eighth Regiment of nine months' infantry, consisting of the major of the regiment, a captain, two lieutenants, and fifty-nine enlisted men. The regiment eneamped at New Haven until Nov. 18, 1862, when it embarked for Pensacola, Fla., and there remained inactive until ordered to join Gen. Banks' army, and, after harassing marehes in Lonisiana, was actively engaged in the assault on Port Hudson, June 14, 1863, sustaining a loss of fifty- nine killed, wounded, and missing. The regiment was mustered out of service at New Haven, Conn., Aug. 28, 1863.

The names of the Winchester men in the regiment were:

Wheelock T. Inteheller, major; Lucien B. Wheelock, captain of Co. F; Caleb P. Newman, first Houtenant ; Jabez Alvord, second lieu- tenant; sergeants, George L. Andrews, Silas HI. McAlpino, Milton T. Moore, and Henry L. Roberts; corporale, B. Frank Marsh, Was. A. Wadsworth, Win. Couch, Chaa. II. Moore, and Joseph II. C Batch- elder ; privates, Columbus C. Wright, Saml. C. Barber, George Bul- croft, Chaa. Baldwin, Edward Cameell, Henry P. Cook, l'eter Coc, Jas. Dugan, Geo. N. Dewey, Houry Dotert, Cornelius Dayton, Chas. Decker, Lucine Eggleston, Geo. W. Elmore, l'aul Forcier, Correll T. French, Edward Finn, Mathew MI. Fitzgerald, Claudius W. S. Foster, John E, Garrett, Ward Grnot, Saml. E. Griffin, War. Hague, Charles N. Hollister, George Hoskin, Edward B. Kinney, Ralph Lina, Charles Maddra, Harvey Mauro, George H. Moore, Silas Moore, Elbert Man- chester, Thomas Morris, James E. Maddra, James McDermott, WII- Hlam N. Pierce, George I .. Pease, John l'artridge, Elam E. Itlchardson, Willlam 11. Rowe, Davld R. Rankin, Stephen Scott, Frank S. Turner, Lyman Terrill, Caasua Watson, Howard S. Wheeler, William S. Woodford, Mark II. Wheeler, Henry C. White, and Michael Hng- garty, of Company HI.

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History of Litchfield county, Connecticut, Part 52

Author: J.W. Lewis & Company (Philadelphia, Pa.) Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co. Number of Pages: 1532

Author: J.W. Lewis & Company (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.W. Lewis & Co.
Number of Pages: 1532